Lebanon crisis robs pensioners of cash cushions
By AFP – Mar 29,2021 – JORDAN TIMES Jean Assaf, a 80-year-old retired police officer who earns a monthly pension worth around $180 down from $1,400 before the crisis, looks […]
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Rafiq A. Tschannen
Rafiq A. Tschannen is a Swiss national. He converted to Islam and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the age of 16 after reading the German translation of the Holy Qur'an. He worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, first as Finance Director in the private industry and later as Chief Executive Officer of NGOs and International Governmental Organizations. He is now devoting his time to The Muslim Times as Editor for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Switzerland and as Associate Chief Editor.
How can we be silent?
Mar 29,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby At the conclusion of Israel’s fourth election in two years, the picture that emerges is as clear as mud. Here is […]
Syria: the ongoing humanitarian challenge
International Geneva This month the war in Syria entered its second decade. Yes that’s right, the conflict has now been going on for ten years. Whichever way you look at […]
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Outset of Dissension in Islam
by Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih II(ra) This is a lecture delivered by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad(ra), second Successor of the Promised Messiah(as). The primary purpose of […]
Muhammad Bin Salman: The Delusions Of Borrowing Protection – OpEd
March 29, 2021 By Mohammad I. Aslam* Eurasiareview Ever since Muhammad Bin Salman otherwise known as MBS assumed the de facto leadership of Saudi Arabia, his rule has evidently been […]
Pakistan police destroys Ahmadiyya mosque
By News Desk Published on March 28, 2021 https://www.weeklyblitz.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Pakistan-police-destroys-Ahmadiyya-mosque.png Members of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan have been facing state-patronized terror and cruelty for decades. Although Article 20 of the Constitution of Pakistan grants all citizens the right to profess their religion, members of the Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, Ahmadiyya, Baha’i […]
Massive container ship freed from Suez Canal
ANI | 29 March 2021 https://assets.thehansindia.com/h-upload/2021/03/29/1064812-ship.webp A massive container ship which had blocked the Suez Canal since March 23 has been freed and re-floated, maritime service provider Inchcape Shipping said on Monday. Cairo: A massive container ship which had blocked the Suez Canal since March 23 has been freed and […]
Answers to everyday issues – Part XI
. Reading a portion of the Holy Quran in addition to Surah al-Fatihah in the third and fourth rak‘ah of the sunnah prayers Someone asked for guidance on reading a […]
Neither radicalism nor westernization the answer for Muslims: Iranian scholar Dr Mousavi
United News of Bangladesh (UNB) 4 days ago Bangladesh, March 25 — Visiting Iranian scholar Dr Syed Mahdi Mousavi has said pursuing a ‘middle path’ rejecting both radicalism and westernization […]
Belize: Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque Officially Opened for Use
While it is not yet official inauguration of the mosque, today, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Belize officially opened its new house of prayer and headquarters at mile one and a half on the George Price Highway. Starting today, the facility will be available for use by not only members […]
Pakistan: Khatam-e-Nabuwat Demolishes Ahmadi Mosque with Police Help
Sun Online Desk 28th March, 2021 Pakistan: Khatam-e-Nabuwat Demolishes Ahmadi Mosque with Police Help The journalist who reported on it is now himself at risk of being arrested. Khatam-e-Nabuwat is a radical Barelvi Muslim organization in Pakistan, which opposes any change to blasphemy law and calls for increased repression of […]
Makassar: 10 Killed In An Explosion On First Easter Day Outside A Church In Indonesia
The head of the Indonesian Council of Churches, Gomar Gultom observed the attack on people praying inside the Church on Easter day as “cruel.” Written By Gourav Mishra An explosion rocked the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday killing at least 10 people, the police said. The footage of the […]
Suez Canal crisis — live: Attempts to free Ever Given fail despite high tide as more tugboats arrive
Tom Batchelor msn.com A giant container ship remains stuck in the Suez Canal on Sunday after authorities tried and failed to make use of the high tide to free the […]
Zionists have hijacked Biden admin’s foreign policy posts: ex-Senate candidate
By Reza Moshfegh International March 16, 2021 – TEHRAN – Mark Dankof, a former U.S. Senate candidate, says radical Zionist zealots like Anthony Blinken, Linda Thomas Greenfield, Victoria Nuland, and […]
Who radicalized the Boulder gunman?
Author DALIA AL-AQIDI March 27, 2021 A mourner leans on a cross while holding a flag outside a memorial at a King Soopers Grocery store on March 26, 2021 in Boulder, Colorado. (Chet Strange/Getty Images/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/nx4nh When a gunman killed 10 people, one of them a police officer, […]
Britain holds minute’s silence for coronavirus dead
Health workers and faithful at the Fazl mosque vaccination centre take part in a minutes silence on the first anniversary of the first national Covid-19 lockdown in southwest London on […]
Makkah region announces resumption of Iftar Sayim permits
While mosques across the Kingdom participate in the tradition during Ramadan, the most concentrated efforts are usually seen at the sites of the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Madinah. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/c562g While pandemic put a pause on these efforts, individuals can once again help those in need […]
Work is worship: Indonesia’s 5,000 mosque counters seek to answer one question
A visitor walks outside the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/6mthx Government-appointed team has been scouting across the archipelago for the past seven years to document […]
ICRC urges countries to reclaim citizens from Syria camps
Peter Maurer Short Url https://arab.news/2h6tc UN rights experts, in an appeal last month, urged 57 states to repatriate nearly 10,000 of their citizens held in the camps in “sub-human” conditions […]
5 Reasons To Read the Holy Qur’an
Qasim Choudhary THE HOLY QUR’AN 22nd March 2021 By Qasim Choudhary, USA Imagine wrapping a priceless gift and presenting it to a loved one, only to have them misplace it […]